lazar האט געשריבן:אוי האט פארטאגס געבאמבערט, איך האב מיך ערוועקט פון די מעכטיגע דונערן און בליצן.
יאפ גרויסע שטורמס זענען פארביי אבער מער ווי ווינט אין א גאס רעגען איז נישט געווען, אויף לאנג איילענד איז געווען א ווארענונג פאר golf ball size hail אין 80 mph ווינט ארום 5-6 אזייגער!
Powerful early-morning storms battered parts of Long Island's north shore Tuesday morning, dropping torrential rains and sending damaging wind gusts that felled trees, disrupted power to tens of thousands of customers and caused disruptions for the Long Island Railroad.
More than 42,500 customers lost power following the storms Tuesday morning, PSEG Long Island, with communities in Brookhaven and Smithtown being the hardest-hit. PSEG says it will take two days for the utility to restore power to all of its customers that lost it.
The quick-moving storm walloped the two towns between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m., dropping heavy downpours amid powerful sustained winds topping 60 mph and numerous lightning strikes.
Storm Team 4 says that during the most damaging period of the storm, as many as 2,500 lightning strikes were recorded in 15 minutes.
The severe weather had passed out of the region by about 7 a.m., but left behind wreckage that will take days for homeowners to clear up. Dozens of trees were downed throughout the villages on the north shore, some on houses and crushing cars.
Several residents posted photos of the damage to social media networks. Images and video from the area showed tree limbs snapped by lightning and wind, and streets blocked off by fallen branches and trunks. The National Weather Service said it would not be investigating a potential tornado in the area; the agency says no tornadic activity was spotted on Doppler radar during the storm.
The storm also affected New York City, with booming thunder waking up residents in Brooklyn overnight. One Instagram user captured video of lightning striking the Empire State Building at the peak of the storm.
Debris from the storm forced MTA officials to temporarily shut down parts of the Port Jefferson branch of the Long Island Railroad Tuesday morning.
A raging overnight storm toppled trees and caused extensive damage on
Severe storms also struck parts of New Jersey and New York City, causing several power outages in those areas. The storms, while not as intense as the ones seen in long island.
There have been no immediate reports of injuries.
The official warning by the Nws this morning
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
508 AM EDT TUE AUG 4 2015
SUFFOLK NY-
508 AM EDT TUE AUG 4 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 AM EDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL SUFFOLK COUNTY...
AT 505 AM EDT...AN EXTREMELY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING LARGE HAIL UP TO
PING PONG BALL SIZE AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH WAS
OVER PORT JEFFERSON MOVING EAST.
SEEK SHELTER OF AN INTERIOR ROOM IMMEDIATELY.
THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MIDDLE ISLAND AROUND 510 AM EDT.
ROCKY POINT AROUND 515 AM EDT.
WADING RIVER AROUND 520 AM EDT.
CALVERTON AROUND 525 AM EDT.